Thursday, June 12, 2008

What is not so funny is Fox "News" calling Michelle Obama, Barack's baby mama. Let me break it down. Baby Mama is slang for a woman who has a baby with a man and is not married to him nor emotionally involved with him. Other than in a Tina Fey comedy it has a negative connotation. As in a baby mama is a hoochie mama with a kid.

If you don't believe in marriage/broke up before getting married, etc. and had a child with your partner, the guy would refer to you as "his son's mom" not my baby mama. It would be rare to find two Ivy League educated people using that phrase unless they were being ironic. I find it interesting that Fox went with that graphic. I don't recall them using it when John Edwards asked the media to back off regarding his wife.

Maureen Dowd's recent column in the New York Times said now that Hillary is out of the line of fire, Michelle is next. It's starting already. I just hope and wish we could talk a little about the issues this fall. For example, is the price of gasoline in the U.S. going to hit $5 a gallon? How will that impact the economy?

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erin and katerina - I know Faux News does some crazy things but that was just wrong. It's going to back fire.

eryn - well said. I'm in the middle of a rewrite so the next couple of week I might have to drop to three times a week.

ninety9 - Scary that they are the #1 cable new network.

romerican - yes it is but I fear it's going to get worse. I don't know if you ever read Faludi's Backlash. The book is over 10 years old but still relevant. Sad.

texas espresso - it is demeaning. what was that producer thinking!

jen - thanks. I wonder what Mr. Murdoch thinks of this? He can say nice things about Barack all day if he want but his fake news channel does this? I'm sure you heard about the "terrorist jab" incident.

diva - I will email you.

claudia - I know it's Fox but I'm still surprised!

gibber - I had to stop reading certain blog and websites. There are some truly hateful people out there.

tracie b - For a mainstream media outlet to bust out with that says a lot about pop culture, women and race.

yes, you'd think a news agency would at least try to give the semblance of objectivity!! For me, it shows how ignorant they are, and that they are basically trying to play to people's fear and bias. I wish that there was some repercussion to it, but apparently no.

The price of gas will continue to go up and hopefully people will finally, and dramatically, retaliate with their dollars. It will be painful for awhile, but hopefully some good, necessary, long-term change will come out of it. I do feel for the people in the newer exurbs where there isn't good public transport in place.

Fox is all about the distractions. Even though they 'apologized' for the producer's bad judgment, I doubt many of the McCain supporters took the apology that seriously. I'm sure they are trying to make her the next Theresa Heinz Kerry. Come to think of it, THAT should fire up some of those straggling Hillary supporters and get them on board. Wouldn't that be a great unintended consequence! :)

claudia - it's only the beginning. I can just imagine the kind of things we will be hearing before Nov. 3rd.

glamah16 - yes they did!

ms. ATL - too bad it's the number one cable channel. A lot of people are watching it.

jen in NJ - Frank Rich had a great column in the NYT saying the McCain campaign is crazy if they think they are going to get many angry female Hillary supports to vote for McCain. He said once McCain's record really comes out most of these women will not support him as he goes against their feminists beliefs. The poll numbers show Obama did well among women esp. younger ones. McCain needs to focus on his base, which is still not excited about him, instead of try to pretend he has anything in common with Hillary or Barack on feminist issues.